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Amazingly, the cavern is over 400 feet deep and at the back of the cave resides a moulon, a hole that leads straight up to the surface and is created by melting water pouring down to floor of the glacier.

The intense colours are created by pure ice that is free of air, as the ice absorbs all colours of the light spectrum except for blue, the cave is lit up in a spectacular fashion.

Daring: A friend of Ron Gile holding up a red road flare inside the amazing Alaskan ice cave which could collapse at any moment

With its dazzling turquoise walls and and huge open spaces, its hard to imagine that this incredible frozen cavern was only formed at the beginning of 2012

Ron Giles friend Jacob holds a red flare (left) and looks up into the moulon (right), a hole that leads straight up to the surface and is created by melting water

Despite its seemingly mystical allure, the fascinating natural phenomena is at risk of collapsing in on itself without warning

Mr Gile said: 'I always find it fascinating being inside any of these caves, but I do get a little apprehensive going in, they can and do collapse.

'However, the beauty inside is just too powerful a temptation to not go inside.

'The caves do melt back and disappear but this large cave has been holding on since the start of 2012.

'I have found and explored about 15 caves now, some are small and some are very large, but this one was amazing because of its length.

The entrance to the stunning Alaskan ice cave which was photographed by ice caver, Ron Gile, 55, who has been taking pictures of caves for eight years

After trekking across a two mile long frozen lake, Mr Gile and a few friends descended into the underground chamber

The entrance to the stunning Alaskan ice cave: The cavern is over 400 feet deep and at the back of the cave resides a moulon, a hole that leads straight up to the surface

'I was with some friends from Hawaii at the time the photographs were taken, one of them have never even seen snow before let alone walk under a glacier, it was quite the experience for him.

'At the end of the cave is a moulon, this is a hole created in the glacier that goes straight up and out and is created when melt water from the surface of the glacier starts to open a channel that pours down to underneath the glacier.

'The red in the images is created by a road flare, I thought the red to blue color contrast would be fun to photograph and make for some great pictures.'